Cŏn'se-cū'tion, n.

n. [Lat. consecutio, from consequi, consecutus, to follow, from con and sequi, to follow; Fr. consécution, Pr. consecutio, Sp. consecución, It. consecuzione.]

1. A following, or sequel; train of consequences from premises; series of deductions. Hale.
2. A succession or series of things that follow one another; as, a consecution of colors. Newton.

Month of consecution (Astron.), the lunar month as reckoned from one conjunction with the sun to another. [Obs.]